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The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care.

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Komisarow, JM; Pappas, T; Llewellyn, M; Lad, SP
Published in: J Neurosurg
June 1, 2018

On June 5, 1968, having won the Democratic Party presidential primary in California, Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivered a victory speech to supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Just after 12:15 am (Pacific daylight savings time), a lone assassin shot Kennedy 3 times at point-blank range. One of the bullets struck Kennedy in the right posterior auricular region. Within the ensuing 26 hours, Kennedy was transported to 2 hospitals, underwent emergency surgery, and eventually died of severe brain injury. Although this story has been repeated in the press and recounted in numerous books, this is the first analysis of the senator's injuries and subsequent surgical care to be reported in the medical literature. The authors review eyewitness reports on the mechanism of injury, the care rendered for 3 hours prior to the emergency craniotomy, the clinical course, and, ultimately, the autopsy.

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J Neurosurg

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1933-0693

Publication Date

June 1, 2018

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1 / 6

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Komisarow, J. M., Pappas, T., Llewellyn, M., & Lad, S. P. (2018). The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care. J Neurosurg, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.4.JNS18294
Komisarow, Jordan M., Theodore Pappas, Megan Llewellyn, and Shivanand P. Lad. “The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care.J Neurosurg, June 1, 2018, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.4.JNS18294.
Komisarow JM, Pappas T, Llewellyn M, Lad SP. The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care. J Neurosurg. 2018 Jun 1;1–6.
Komisarow, Jordan M., et al. “The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care.J Neurosurg, June 2018, pp. 1–6. Pubmed, doi:10.3171/2018.4.JNS18294.
Komisarow JM, Pappas T, Llewellyn M, Lad SP. The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care. J Neurosurg. 2018 Jun 1;1–6.

Published In

J Neurosurg

DOI

EISSN

1933-0693

Publication Date

June 1, 2018

Start / End Page

1 / 6

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences